Hey Peak…read your introductory sentence. Maybe I'm a bit daft, but seems as if the lobbyist is NOT funding efforts to defeat it ("it" being the gun restrictions). Your general point is well taken, the lobbyist is funding efforts to defeat the recall. You might want to edit the sentence to point out the lobbyist is funding efforts to defeat the recall. Your sentence tells me the lobbyist is funding efforts to defeat the gun control actions.